EP2467354B1 - Process for methanol and ammonia co-production - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to an integrated process for co-producing methanol and ammonia from syngas, more specifically to a process of co-producing methanol and ammonia from a hydrocarbon feedstock and air.
- the invention further relates to an integrated process for co-producing methanol and urea, more specifically to a process of co-producing methanol and urea from a hydrocarbon feedstock and air.
- this process enables production of up to 5000 mtpd (metric ton per day) of methanol combined with up to 4000 mtpd of ammonia.
- the process may further comprise reacting the CO 2 and NH 3 formed into up to 6800 mtpd of urea.
- Methanol is one of the most important chemical raw materials; most of the methanol produced is used as a starting material or solvent for synthesis, whereas its use in the fuel and energy sector is expected to increase significantly.
- methanol synthesis from sulphur-free synthesis gas (syngas) with Cu-based catalysts has become the major route, as it can be operated at fairly mild reaction conditions.
- An overview of methanol processes can be found for example in the chapter “Methanol” in "Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology” (Wiley InterScience; posted on-line 2005/02/18 , available via DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.1305200805140712.a01.pub2).
- Ammonia is another major chemical raw material, which is used for making urea and other fertilizers, and various chemicals like caprolactam and melamine. It is produced world-wide from nitrogen and hydrogen, typically the hydrogen is obtained via steam reforming of natural gas (or other hydrocarbon feedstock).
- An overview of ammonia processes can be found for example in the chapter “Ammonia” in “Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology” (Wiley InterScience; posted on-line 2001/10/18 , available via DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.0113131503262116.a01.pub2).
- ASU single state-of-the-art air separation unit
- Such ASU subsequently limits production capacity of reactors using oxygen as reactant; for example of an auto-thermal reforming (ATR) unit producing syngas from natural gas, steam and oxygen (an ATR is basically a combination of a steam methane reformer (SMR) and a partial oxidation (POX) reactor).
- ATR auto-thermal reforming
- SMR steam methane reformer
- POX partial oxidation
- Limitations in the maximum size of a SMR unit lay in the number of reactor tubes. About 1000 tubes is considered to be the maximum for a single unit operation, otherwise it will not be possible to control uniform distribution of gasses and thus heat transfer to all tubes. Further capacity limitation results from a certain maximum amount of energy that can be transferred to the tubes.
- Integration of methanol and ammonia plants offers further options to reduce costs and boost capacity, by sharing unit operations, internally recycling material streams and re-use of energy (heat).
- a syngas containing carbon oxides (CO and CO 2 ), hydrogen and nitrogen is made, and converted partially to methanol in a methanol loop reactor, methanol is separated from the effluent, and unreacted gas is purified and then fed to an ammonia reactor downstream.
- An example hereof is given in US 4367206 , proposing an improvement of such sequential methanol and ammonia co-production using syngas containing carbon oxides, hydrogen and nitrogen as feed, by carrying out the methanol synthesis in two stages, with and without water being present.
- US 5180570 also describes an integrated process for co-producing methanol and ammonia from a hydrocarbon feedstock and air, which comprises the steps of
- This object is achieved according to the present invention as defined in the description and claims, more specifically with a process for co-producing methanol and ammonia, wherein a syngas mixture consisting essentially of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 ) is first partially reacted in a methanol once-through reactor, unreacted syngas is divided into a first and a second stream, the first stream is purified and fed to an ammonia synthesis section, and the second stream is fed to a methanol synthesis and purification section comprising a methanol loop reactor.
- a syngas mixture consisting essentially of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 )
- unreacted syngas is divided into a first and a second stream
- the first stream is purified and fed to an ammonia synthesis section
- the second stream is fed to a methanol synthesis and purification section comprising a methanol loop reactor.
- the process according to the invention it is possible to produce methanol and ammonia at very high capacities in an integrated single process.
- the process allows production of 8000 mtpd of methanol and 2000 mtpd of ammonia starting from natural gas and air, and applying a methanol loop reactor well below current maximum capacity limits.
- the process further shows a balanced production of ammonia and carbon dioxide, thus allowing co-production of urea also to be integrated.
- syngas consisting essentially of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 ) is first partially reacted into methanol.
- Syngas is generally defined as a gaseous mixture made by reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock, and contains hydrogen (H 2 ) and carbon monoxide (CO), and optionally other gas components like carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), water (H 2 O), methane (CH 4 ), and nitrogen (N 2 ).
- a syngas mixture consisting essentially of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 ) is understood to contain only minor amounts of other components; i.e.
- the water content is below the maximum amounts generally accepted in a feed for methanol production.
- syngas as obtained from a reforming section is cooled and condensed to essentially remove the water present.
- Nitrogen content of the syngas is also low, as preferably no air is added during the preceding reforming process, but rather only steam and oxygen.
- SN stoichiometric number
- a syngas mixture is used that preferably has a SN of 1.9-2.5, more preferably SN is 1.9-2.3, 2.0-2.2, or 2.0-2.1.
- the SN of the syngas may be somewhat higher than for methanol only, excess of hydrogen will be used in the ammonia synthesis section; but preferably composition is optimised for methanol conversion.
- the syngas mixture can have been made or can be made with any known process that results in the desired composition and quantities of syngas.
- the syngas is made with a combined reforming process, i.e. with a process wherein a combination of different reforming reactors is used.
- reforming reactors are classified as being one of the following types.
- SMR steam methane reformer
- a second type is a heat-exchange type steam reforming reactor that is heated with hot gasses produced elsewhere in the process (also called gas heated reformer, hereinafter abbreviated as GHR).
- An auto-thermal reformer (abbreviated as ATR) is a reforming unit wherein the gasses undergo a (catalytic) partial oxidation reaction with oxygen under essentially adiabatic conditions in addition to further reaction with steam, the excess heat generated by the exothermic oxidation reactions being used to supply heat for the endothermic steam reforming reaction.
- ATR auto-thermal reformer
- POX partial oxidation reactor
- a feedstock is used that is rich in higher hydrocarbons, like naphtha
- the feedstock is typically first treated in a so-called pre-reforming step, in order to convert the heavy hydrocarbons in the feed into methane, hydrogen and carbon oxides.
- a pre-reformer is typically operated adiabatically, and is generally referred to as an adiabatic pre-reformer (APR).
- APR adiabatic pre-reformer
- the process according to the invention further comprises a combined reforming section, wherein a desulphurised hydrocarbon feedstock is reformed with oxygen and steam.
- the inventive process is distinguished from prior art processes a.o. in that all syngas produced with specified composition is first fed to a methanol reactor.
- syngas is made with a combined reforming process as described in WO 2008/122399 A1 , wherein a desulphurised methane-rich feedstock is mixed with steam and passed through an adiabatic pre-reformer (APR), and wherein pre-reformed gas from the APR is divided into three streams that are fed to a steam methane reformer (SMR), a gas heated reformer (GHR) and -together with oxygen- to an auto-thermal reformer (ATR), which 3 reforming reactors are operated in parallel.
- SMR steam methane reformer
- GHR gas heated reformer
- ATR auto-thermal reformer
- syngas is made with a combined reforming process from a desulphurised gaseous hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein the feedstock is divided into a first and a second feedstock stream, the first feedstock stream is mixed with steam and fed to a gas heated reformer (GHR) and a steam methane reformer (SMR) operated in series, and the second feedstock stream is mixed with reformed gas coming from the SMR and then fed with oxygen to a partial oxidation reformer (POX).
- GHR gas heated reformer
- SMR steam methane reformer
- the process according to the invention preferably further comprises an air separation section, wherein pure oxygen and nitrogen streams are made by separating from air, which oxygen and nitrogen are applied for making syngas and ammonia in the process, respectively.
- Any conventional air separation unit (ASU) able to deliver the needed quantities can be applied in the process according to the invention.
- any hydrocarbon feedstock that is gaseous at reforming conditions can be used, like a hydrocarbon mixture having H/C ratio of about 2 to 4.
- Suitable examples include hydrocarbons like methane, ethane, methane-rich mixtures, or light naphtha (mixture of mainly C5-C9 paraffin compounds).
- a suitable example of a methane-rich feedstock is natural gas, as obtained from gas or oil fields.
- the primary component of natural gas is methane, which is generally present in amounts of from 80 to 97 mol%.
- Natural gas also contains other gaseous hydrocarbons such as ethane, typically from about 3 to 15 mol%, propane, butane and small amounts of higher hydrocarbons (generally less than 5 mol% in total), as well as sulphur-containing gases, like hydrogen sulphide, in varying amounts. Further minor (or even trace) amounts of nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, water, odorants, and metals like mercury can also be present.
- the exact composition of natural gas varies with its source.
- Organo-sulphur compounds and hydrogen sulphide are common contaminants of hydrocarbons from natural sources, which should be removed prior to use of hydrocarbon gas as a feedstock in the present process, to avoid poisoning of reforming catalysts.
- Desulphurisation can be done with conventional techniques.
- organo-sulphur compounds in the feedstock are converted to H 2 S with a hydrogen-rich stream (for example a purge stream from a methanol synthesis loop), which is subsequently removed by passing over a suitable absorbent, to result in a sulphur content of the desulphurised gaseous feed of typically below 1 ppm.
- the desulphurised hydrocarbon feedstock in the process according to the invention is a methane-rich feedstock that contains as least 75 mol% of methane (based on total hydrocarbon content of the feedstock), more preferably at least 80, 85, 90, 92, 94 even at least 96 mol% of methane.
- a syngas mixture is first partially reacted in a methanol once-through reactor.
- a 'methanol once-through reactor' is understood to mean a reaction section wherein syngas is partly reacted into methanol, and unreacted effluents (syngas) are not recycled to the reactor.
- Such reactor is thus different from a 'methanol loop reactor', which is a reaction section wherein feed gas is partly reacted into methanol, and unreacted effluents are continuously separated and recycled to the reactor.
- a loop reactor section significantly higher volumes of gas thus need to be handled, e.g.
- a further advantage of the process according to the invention is that the concentration of carbon oxides is relatively high in the syngas feed, resulting in relatively high conversion to methanol.
- Syngas conversion to methanol in the once-through methanol reactor may be as high as 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or even 50 % in the process according to the invention.
- syngas is first partially reacted in a methanol once-through reactor, whereafter unreacted syngas is divided into a first and a second stream, the first stream is then purified and fed to an ammonia synthesis section, and the second stream is fed to a methanol synthesis and purification section.
- the ammonia synthesis section, and the methanol synthesis and purification section can be any conventional system typically applying loop reactors and ammonia respectively methanol separators, and operated at conditions as known to a skilled person, for example from the general references given above. Such systems will therefore not be further described in detail.
- the volume ratio of the first to the second stream of unreacted syngas is dependent on conversion to methanol, initial composition of the syngas and desired amounts of methanol and ammonia to be made, and can vary from about 50/50 to about 80/20.
- the first and the second stream are divided in a ratio of from about 55/45 to 77/23 or from about 60/40 to 75/25, more preferably from 65/35 to 73/27. In a preferred embodiment the ratio is about 70/30.
- the invention more specifically relates to a process for co-producing methanol and ammonia, comprising the steps of
- the process according to the invention co-produces methanol and ammonia from a methane-rich feedstock and air, and comprises the steps of
- the invention further relates to an integrated process for co-producing methanol and urea according to the process as described, further comprising a subsequent step of making urea in a urea synthesis section from the CO 2 and NH 3 formed in the process.
- urea synthesis section any urea production technology, equipment and process conditions as known in the art can be used.
- the ambient air feed stream 3 is separated in the ASU into essentially pure oxygen stream 4 (of at least 99.8% purity; typically compressed to e.g. 3 - 5 MPa), essentially pure nitrogen stream 5 (less than 5 ppm of impurities like O 2 and Ar; atmospheric), and a purge stream 6 containing a.o. nitrogen and argon.
- Nitrogen stream 5 is compressed in C2 to stream 27 (about 4 - 6 MPa; 140 - 170 °C) for use in the ammonia section.
- Hydrocarbon feed 1 is reformed in the combined reforming section SG with oxygen stream 4 and steam (not shown) into a syngas mixture, which is cooled and condensed water is removed.
- Resulting stream 2 (about 3 - 4 MPa; 35 - 45 °C) is compressed in C1 to stream 7 (about 7 - 9 MPa; 90 - 120 °C).
- the entire amount of synthesis gas stream 7 is then fed to M1, operated at 7 - 8 MPa and at temperature of about 220 - 250 °C.
- stream 9 about 3 - 4 MPa; 40 - 50 °C
- the remaining unreacted gas stream 8 (volume about 40 - 45 % reduced vs 7 ) is then split at a ratio of about 70/30, but depending on desired ammonia/methanol product distribution, into stream 10 and stream 11 (both at about 6 - 8 MPa; 45-55 °C) for further methanol and ammonia production.
- Stream 11 is mixed with CO-enriched stream 30 (about 6 - 7 MPa; 20 - 30 °C) from cryogenic hydrogen separation unit HS to make combined stream 21 (about 6 - 7 MPa; 40 - 45 °C) and further compressed in C4 to stream 22 (about 9 - 11 MPa; 80 - 100 °C), which is fed to conventional size methanol loop reactor ML, operated at about 8 - 10 MPa and 220 - 250 °C. Condensed crude methanol stream 24 from ML (about 3 - 4 MPa; 40 - 45°C) is then sent for purification in methanol distillation unit DS, together with stream 9.
- the other divided stream 10 is further processed for ammonia synthesis.
- First carbon dioxide content is reduced in a conventional CO 2 separation section CS, which can be e.g. a MDEA, MEA, Benfield, Catacarb or Rectisol unit; resulting in substantially CO 2 -free stream 12 (about 7 - 8 MPa; 40 - 45 °C) and CO 2 stream 13 (atmospheric).
- a conventional CO 2 separation section CS can be e.g. a MDEA, MEA, Benfield, Catacarb or Rectisol unit; resulting in substantially CO 2 -free stream 12 (about 7 - 8 MPa; 40 - 45 °C) and CO 2 stream 13 (atmospheric).
- Stream 12 is subsequently passed through molecular sieve drying unit DR at about 6.5 - 7.5 MPa to result in substantially CO 2 - and H 2 O-free stream 14 (about 6.5 - 7.5 MPa; 40 - 50 °C) before it enters hydrogen separation unit HS, which is cryogenically operated at about -205 to -210 °C by expanding to a pressure of about 4 - 5 MPa.
- the resulting hydrogen stream 15 (about 4 - 5 MPa; 20 - 30 °C) contains still about 1 vol% CO, and is then passed through methanator unit ME, operated at about 2.5 - 5.0 MPa and 275 - 375 °C, to give stream 16 (about 4 - 4.5 MPa; 90 - 100 °C) containing less than 10 ppm of carbon oxides.
- CO separated as stream 30 is preferably used to increase amount of methanol by mixing with stream 11.
- Stream 16 is mixed with the required amount of nitrogen of stream 27 to give mixed stream 17 (about 4 - 5 MPa; 105 - 115 °C) containing hydrogen and nitrogen at 3/1 ratio; which is compressed in C3 to give stream 18 (about 15 - 16 MPa; 110 - 130 °C).
- Stream 18 is then fed as make-up gas to a loop in ammonia synthesis section AL, which reactor is operated at about 15 - 20 MPa and 350-450 °C.
- a small purge stream 19 (about 0.3 - 0.5 MPa; 20 - 30 °C) is used as fuel within the process.
- Ammonia product is obtained as stream 20, typically at 2 - 3 MPa and 40 - 50 °C.
- CO 2 stream 13 is sent to urea synthesis section UR, after compression to about 16 - 20 MPa and 100 - 150 °C in unit C5, with the desired amount of ammonia via stream 20 , to result in urea product 29 (in prilled or granular form).
- the invention therefore also relates to an integrated production plant that is suitable for making methanol and ammonia from syngas with the process of the invention, comprising a methanol once-through reactor, a methanol loop reactor, a methanol purification section, a syngas purification section, and an ammonia synthesis section.
- the invention further relates to an integrated production plant suitable for making methanol and ammonia from a methane-rich feedstock and air with the process according to the invention, comprising a combined reforming section, an air-separation section, a methanol once-through reactor, a methanol loop reactor, a methanol purification section, a syngas purification section, and an ammonia synthesis section.
- the invention further relates to an integrated production plant suited for making methanol and urea from syngas applying the process of the invention, comprising a methanol once-through reactor, a methanol loop reactor, a methanol purification section, a syngas purification section, an ammonia synthesis section, and a urea synthesis section; as well as to an integrated production plant for making methanol and urea from a methane-rich feedstock and air applying the process of the invention, comprising a combined reforming section, an air-separation section, a methanol once-through reactor, a methanol loop reactor, a methanol purification section, a syngas purification section, an ammonia synthesis section, and a urea synthesis section.
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